Foster care is an issue I?ve cared about for a long time. Growing up, I had a foster brother who made a big impact on my family and taught my siblings and me a different kind of love, compassion, and strength I don?t know if I would have otherwise understood.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ? One woman died early Thursday in a one-vehicle crash north of Sioux Falls.

Launching in April of 2019, the Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses program (VET TEC), piloted by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, will help veterans in advancing their IT careers.

Governor Kristi Noem today awarded a $2.5 million state grant for the construction of the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (SDSBVI), part of the school?s joint Educational Impact Campaign with Northern State University (NSU).

PIERRE, S.D. ? The Governor?s Office of Economic Development?s website ? www.sdreadytowork.com - has a new look. The new site boasts plenty of fresh photography and videography, testimonials and success stories and a new, easy-to-use interactive finance tool.

The South Dakota Department of Transportation is reminding the public and commercial snow removal operators that it is illegal to place or dump excess snow on highway right of way, which includes driving surfaces, shoulders and ditches.

Governor Kristi Noem signed the following pieces of legislation today

Several more South Dakota newspaper titles have been added to the growing online database of historical United States newspapers available to the public, according to the South Dakota State Historical Society.

PIERRE, S.D. ? The South Dakota Highway Patrol this week holds recruiting seminars for women in three different South Dakota cities.

Governor Kristi Noem yesterday signed legislation to streamline school enrollment processes for military families relocating to a new school district.

Growing up, I loved working on the farm with my dad. It?s a good thing, too, because there was plenty of work to get done. We?d stay in the fields from dawn to dusk, but we didn?t know any other way.

Governor Kristi Noem today signed a bill to make homeschool students eligible, on an equal basis, for the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship.

The South Dakota State Historical Society in Pierre is seeking nominations for the annual Governor?s Awards for History and two positions on its board of trustees.

The South Dakota Department of Agriculture?s Wildland Fire Division is calling all kids, ages 3-12, to showcase their artistic abilities in this year?s Wildfire Awareness Month Coloring Contest.

The South Dakota Rehabilitation Center for the Blind (SDRC) would like to invite anyone who is a South Dakota resident and has a visual impairment to participate in two training events.

Gov. Kristi Noem announced her selection of artist Keith BraveHeart to serve on the South Dakota Arts Council.

Governor Kristi Noem today announced that she has appointed Travis Bies of Fairburn and Robert Whitmyre of Webster to the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission.

South Dakota U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds recently announced the naming of an Independence-variant, Littoral Combat Ship, the ?USS Pierre,? after South Dakota's capital city. The ship is the third United States naval vessel named for Pierre. To celebrate this recent naming, the South Dakota State Historical Society offers the following background on the previous vessels named for Pierre.

President Donald Trump today ordered flags nationwide to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Saturday, February 9, 2019, to honor the life of former Representative John David Dingell, Jr. of Michigan.

Governor Kristi Noem signed the following pieces of legislation this afternoon: